I am talking about a "rebuild" where you just replace wear items like the rings and berrings reusing the pistons, rods, and crank with the only maching mabe being rehoning the cylinders which can be done at home. The Sept. 04 issue of MMFF had an artical about this. The engine in my car is good, but I do get alot of blowbye and over 150K miles. I want to do a full rebuild but I think I want to start a 351W based stroker in which everything will be replaced (will need much larger H/I. That may be years, so for now, I just want to get the most out of my car and am already starting to plan for this winter. The money I can save will put me closer to a much beefier engine down the road.